Fiji Muslims hopeful after Obama speech

President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

By: dustgeer

President Obama, who has pledged to place diplomacy ahead of confrontation and reached out to a skeptical world with offers of mutual understanding, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today for what the committee called "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."Obama is only the ...

about 1 month ago

Obama to win peace prize. Axelrod is shocked

By: RossErdmann

OSLO (AP) - President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation. The stunning choice made Obama the third ...

about 1 month ago

It's not like Obama hasn't done anything

By: CaliforniaMike

Before we allow the right wing to get too carried away with saying President Barack Obama hasn't done anything at all yet to merit a Nobel Peace Prize, let's look at his first eight months in office in terms of the world. With thanks to the Economist's Democracy in America blog, here are a few: 1. In his first week in office, he announced that ...

about 1 month ago

Obama’s 18 Month War – Speech at West Point Misses the Point

By: Glo544

Years of writing opinion editorials has assured me that my opinion is no more important than anyone else’s but at times I understand that it may be more called for if not seriously necessary.   President Obama’s speech to the cadets at West Point not only begs to be analyzed but some of the blaring errors in theology and ...

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